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In the following citation, the reader can see Mrs. Dalloway's thoughts...

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:11:07 PST

In the following citation, the reader can see Mrs. Dalloway's thoughts about Peter and why she didn't marry him. She also has many insights into the nature of the married life. She realizes what kind of relationship she can tolerate and what she cannot. She and Peter fought and he wanted so much closeness and required a lot from her. She chose not to marry him. For they might be parted for hundreds of years, she and Peter; she never wrote a...

Could you mention a citation from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway which...

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:45:18 PST

Could you mention a citation from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway which characterize Mrs. Dalloway?

There are three main social conflicts in Faulkner's short-story:...

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:42:56 PST

There are three main social conflicts in Faulkner's short-story: cultural, generational, and socio-economic conflict. These conflicts are all present in Emliy's situation regarding her taxes. You can also see these conflict through out the story and don't forget the importance of the symbolism used through out the story; it is very contexual and helps the reader find the theme or moral lesson of "A Rose for Emily."

The tone in Williams Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" could be one of...

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:57:37 PST

The tone in Williams Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" could be one of pragmatic and sardonic. This third person narrator is rather factual about the details of Emily’s story. There is no emotional build up, everything is presented in a matter of fact way, and then we as the audience decide what emotion should be called up based upon what the narrator relates to us. There are slight emotional overtones when the narrator relates certain...

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Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:40:12 PST

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I don't believe William Faulkner was concerned with creating a...

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:37:55 PST

I don't believe William Faulkner was concerned with creating a specific, single plot structure in his masterpiece of a short story, "A Rose for Emily." The aforementioned "20 Master Plots and How to Build Them," by one Ronald Tobias, apparently breaks down all literary plot structures and reduces them to an even-Steven list of 20. I have not read his book, but I have reviewed the "Master List," and I can assure you that a work of...

In "A Rose for Emily," does the author uses the riddle plot? If not,...

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:49:22 PST

In "A Rose for Emily," does the author uses the riddle plot? If not, what kind of plot does he use?

It has been said of this story that "Miss Emily has a shadow, and by...

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 04:18:42 PST

It has been said of this story that "Miss Emily has a shadow, and by this shadow we tell the time of her life.What is her shadow?

One of the underlying symbols of the fall of the old south is the...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:13:58 PST

One of the underlying symbols of the fall of the old south is the changing of Col. Sartoris' guard and the preferential treatment that old South families *such as Emily's* would get only for the sake of their history in town. The fact that Emily was not receiving the leniency on her taxes shows that times were changing and society was also changing its rules. Another fact is that the townspeople (as narrators of the story) were themselves...

Emily herself embodies the most obvious symbolic reference to the...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:05:34 PST

Emily herself embodies the most obvious symbolic reference to the decline of the Old South in the William Faulkner short story, "A Rose for Emily." The lone survivor of the once respected Grierson family in Jefferson, Miss Emily slowly falls from grace in a series of tragedies and scandals that made her the talk of the town for many years. Another character that represents the fall of the South is Miss Emily's manservant, Tobe....

Besides Homer Barron and the change in Emily's town, what is another...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:33:29 PST

Besides Homer Barron and the change in Emily's town, what is another symbol that represents the fall of the Old South?

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Sun, 1 Nov 2009 08:39:10 PST

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One of the aspects of William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:01:25 PST

One of the aspects of William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily," is the life of loneliness Miss Grierson lives as a spinster in the small Southern town of Jefferson. Faulkner deliberately gives Emily little human contact and, consequently, there are few major characters in the story with which to interact. In spite of his relatively short stay in the story, Homer Barron is nonetheless the second most important character and, by...

In the short story, "A Rose for Emily," if Homer Barron is...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 04:34:49 PST

In the short story, "A Rose for Emily," if Homer Barron is the antagonist, does it matter that the story continues 30 years after his death?

The author speaks of buildings, through the comment about Emily as a...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:10:06 PST

The author speaks of buildings, through the comment about Emily as a statue. If she is a fallen monument, what is she a monument to?

The venerable old Miss Emily Grierson is referred to as...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:53:46 PST

The venerable old Miss Emily Grierson is referred to as "a fallen monument" in the first sentence of William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily." When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house. "Curiosity" was one of the reasons that Emily was so honored by her...

I just read the story and at first, i myself was a little confused in...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:28:28 PST

I just read the story and at first, i myself was a little confused in reference to the tittle. I am nobody to disagree with a teacher BUT if we realy analize the whole story Ms. Emily was a virgin. We know this because it says in the story that her father would chase away any man that would come, correct? Once Homer came into her, life what the town people murmurred was that ms. Emily was sleeping with him, thats why they called in the two...

Author William Faulkner tells much of the short story, "A Rose...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:00:48 PST

Author William Faulkner tells much of the short story, "A Rose for Emily," from the perspective of "first person collective," an unusual style that puts the unnamed and unidentified narrator as a part of the community. The narrator often uses the word "we" in describing the town's feelings about Miss Emily Grierson. It gives the story a personal feel inasmuch as the narrator seems to have an intimate knowledge of the main...

The "Yankee" foreman arrived in Jefferson to upgrade the town's streets...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:38:42 PST

The "Yankee" foreman arrived in Jefferson to upgrade the town's streets in the William Faulkner short story "A Rose for Emily." He symbolizes the Northern carpetbaggers and scalawags who moved south to seek their fortunes following the end of the Civil War and the fall of the Confederacy in 1865. In the days after the Civil War, few Southerners were allowed positions of power until years later, and it was customary for Northern newcomers to...

Homer Barron's disappearance was a big deal in a small town like William...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:55:15 PST

Homer Barron's disappearance was a big deal in a small town like William Faulkner's Jefferson in the short story, "A Rose for Emily," but there was never any sinister connection until after Emily Grierson had died. Homer had earlier left Jefferson after Emily's relatives had appeared to try and reason with her concerning her relationship with the "Yankee" Barron. So she had blood-kin under her roof again and we sat back to watch...